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E is the most used letter, right? Just find the symbol that appears the most often and that is probably an E. /s
by cyborgx7 7y ago
E is the most used letter, right? Just find the symbol that appears the most often and that is probably an E. /s
- HenryBemis 7y agoIn English language, yes. But this is not even Greek, or Ancient Greek. Also I am not sure if the "icons" are letters (a, b, c, α, β, γ...) or ideograms. Good luck decyphering this without any kno I will assume that some contect is needed to start translating the text. E.g. if the tablets are found in a temple, you can start with a vocabulary of 1000 words and then expand the search. There could (?) be a "mixed" approach (technology, history, linguistics) rather than "scan and let the machine combine".
- emmelaich 7y agoClose; you could use Zipf's law, recently discussed here on HN. It applies pretty much to all languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law